Coast between Appaliarsulissuaq and Kap Atholl (Greenland (to Denmark)) IBA | Details

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Coast between Appaliarsulissuaq and Kap Atholl

Current view: Details

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Little Auk Alle alle	LC	breeding (1995)	999,999 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (1995)	1,200,003–1,778,849 individuals	A4iii

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Coast between Appaliarsulissuaq and Kap Atholl (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/coast-between-appaliarsulissuaq-and-kap-atholl-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 09/01/2025.